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LAUNCH OF ASCAB, OYO STATE CHAPTER

Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 And beyond
ASCAB
Oyo State Chapter
Email: ascaboyo2020@gmail.com
                                                                                                                                           

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LAUNCH OF ASCAB, OYO STATE CHAPTER
As the world is almost submerged by one of the deadliest pandemics, a Coalition of Labour Movements and over 70 Civil Society Groups have launched a new formidable Group, to campaign for the protection of the interests of the vulnerable, the poor, and the workers, especially, in consideration of the far-reaching economic and socio-cultural onslaught of COVID-19 in Nigeria and the rest of the world.
The Oyo State Chapter of the new Coalition, Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) is launched to mobilise grassroots organisations, trade unions, community associations, professional bodies, and forward-looking individuals, in campaigning for measures and necessary palliatives to ensure the wellbeing of ordinary people in Oyo State, as part of the national campaign by the National body, led by Femi Falana, SAN, the Interim National Chairman.
The Interim officers of ASCAB, Oyo State Chapter are Com. BayoTitilola-Sodo (Chairman), Femi Aborisade, Esq. (Deputy Chairman),and Prof. Adenike A.O. Ogunshe (Secretary).
ASCAB has produced an Action Programme drawn up in the wake of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the associated lockdowns. The Action Plan programme contains a wide range of demands and activities aimed at campaigning and putting pressure on the authorities, for the provision of necessary safety nets for thevulnerable Nigerians. 
Demands in the Action Plan programme include the following; that, during the lockdowns, there should be provision of essentials of life like, food, water and constant electricity, with no water or electricity disconnections for non-payments, at government’s expense. 
Other demands also include, building of new public hospitals, upgrading of existing health facilities, immediate stoppage of commercialisation and privatisation of health services in public hospitals, while essential private facilities for public good, such as,medical care, water supplies, etc. must be taken over and organised for public use, and at government expense.
Very important also are that, the homeless should be provided with accommodation in empty houses, and at the government's expense, with guaranteed minimum income security for all, particularly, the unemployed, students, and youths. 
ASCAB further demands mass Coronavirus testing, tracing of contacts, to contain the Coronavirus spread, free healthcare for all, and provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for all health workers. 
Thank you and God bless.
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Comrade Bayo Titilola-Sodo​​​​​Prof. Adenike Ogunshe
Interim Chairman​​​​​​Interim Secretary

Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Secretariat:  No, 6, Olukuewu Close, Off Liberty Road, Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

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